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The People's Guide to Mexico (Peoples Guide to Mexico) |  | Authors: Carl Franz, Lorena Havens
Creator: Steve Rogers
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 146910
Media: Paperback
Edition: 13th
Pages: 624
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 1566917115
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.204841
EAN: 9781566917117
ASIN: 1566917115
Publication Date: October 25, 2006
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Product Description
Now in its updated 13th edition, The People's Guide to Mexico still offers the ideal combination of basic travel information, entertaining stories, and friendly guidance about everything from driving in Mexico City to hanging a hammock to bartering at the local mercado.
Features include:
- Advice on planning your trip, where to go, and how to get around once you're there
- Practical tips to help you stay healthy and safe, deal with red tape, change money, send email, letters and packages, use the telephone, do laundry, order food, speak like a local, and more
- Well-informed insight into Mexican culture, and hints for enjoying traditional fiestas and celebrations
- The most complete information available on Mexican Internet resources, book and map reviews, and other info sources for travelers
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 You even need this book to know what is going on in Iowa March 17, 2007
T. Gibbs (Midwest USA)
48 out of 51 found this review helpful
I have been in many places in Mexico, most often traveling alone. I've gone into the Tapo bus station in Mexico City and chosen my destination based on what bus was leaving soonest (Chiapas). I've eaten in Maya, Zapotec, Totonac, and Mixe village kitchens. One Holy Thursday I happened into a Mixe curing ceremony (which included a turkey sacrifice) on the peak of a remote mountain, then joined the indigenous speaking curandera, her client, and the client's mother in a drink of pulque afterwards. I've traveled by every class of bus, top to bottom, day and night. In every case, I have always had a sense of what was happening culturally thanks to Carl and Lorena's book, The People's Guide to Mexico. It is the only book I know of that could prepare one for Mexico. When the men are slaughtering a pig behind the house, while women are kneading masa and washing banana leaves to make tamales for a fiesta; from banana trees to eating cactus paddles; during impromptu living room sing-alongs; or drinking homemade capolin wine; you will not be unprepared. With Carl's illustrated discussion of Mexican hand signals, his introduction to Mexican cooking, and references to Mexican music you will be an insider.
None of my adventures duplicates any of Carl's accounts. Like the best kind of education, Carl and Lorena teach one how to understand Mexican culture in order to use the understanding in new or unusual circumstances, of which Mexico has an endless supply.
Even if you have a Mexican spouse, you need this book. The truth is that one even needs this book to understand what is going on in Postville, Iowa these days.
Saludos y Bravo! December 3, 2006
T. Benson (Santa Rosa Beach, Fl United States)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
Seriously Folks, No One Does It Better
IMAGINE traveling through one of the most diverse, unexpected, richly "other worldly", impossibly deliciously colorful ancient lands over a period of decades, meeting countless interesting people, tasting the exquisite complexity of the subtle, nuanced and flavorful true Mexican food, being swept away by the powerful Mexican culture, history, customs and all from the comfort of your own reading chair.
Carl and Lorena do just that in this, their 13th revised and updated edition as they share a life-long love relationship with Mexico and its people. You are served an insider's vision and experience of Mexico that is authoritative, practical, adventurous, beyond helpful, exciting and above all else, REAL. No superficial tourist hype or rigid travel itinerary, "The People's Guide To Mexico" is rather a vicarious total immersion experience that has earned them a huge and loyal following. I have six previous editions of this work and have shared countless copies with friends over the last 30 years...THIS BOOK IS THAT GOOD!
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I recall laying in a sleeping bag in a tent in 1981 after a day of trout fishing on the Cache Le Poudre River in Colorado with my father reading out loud for hours many of the human, delightful and sometimes HYSTERICAL, anecdotes from this book. He too had traveled in Mexico extensively and appreciated PGM's eye and voice and the gentle, deft sometimes wry imagery Carl's writing evokes.
Also check out their other excellent titles: "The People's Guide to Backpacking, Boating & Camping in Mexico", "The People's Guide to RV Camping in Mexico", "The Tour Express Insider's Guide to Mexico", "The On & Off the Road Cookbook".
So forget every cliché you have heard about our neighbor to the south and discover why they say, ""WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE!!"
Bravo, Carl & Lorena y que le vaya bien!
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, AND FUNNY January 7, 2007
I. Crawford
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have now bought five copies of this book over thirty years. I never get tired of reading this wonderful blessing of a book.
Each reader can concentrate on the sections that do pertain to him or her and should just skip the sections that don't. In this way, you will actually read it.
Perfect for reading in bite-sized portions.
Great knack for telling funny stories. I LOVE this book, and the people who keep writing it.
P.S.: Now thoroughly up-to-date; get the 2006 edition...websites, use of net, etc., all thoroughly presented.
Brilliant, goes beyond a mere travel book January 23, 2008
Benjamin R. Greene (Bakersfield, CA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Sometimes a book can go beyond the limitations of the genre, much as a comedy can reveal deeper truths or music can inspire you to reflect on your life. "The People's Guide to Mexico" transcends the normal limitations of the travel guide to offer deeper truths about life itself to those who wish to experience them.
Few books are so meaningful that one can read them several times and always remain entertained, challenged, and inspired. The cooking section alone is worth the price of the book. I refer to it frequently when cooking Mexican food dishes. But the author's perspective on life, experiences, and advice continue to provide new truths every time I read it.
Some of you are probably thinking I must be nuts to rant and rave about how brilliant a travel guide to Mexico is. I can hear you thinking, "Dude, it's not the Bible. Chill." Just read it. Seriously, give it a shot. I think at worst you will find it a series of entertaining stories about some hippies who lived in Mexico. But I think if you open your mind to the deeper truths it offers, it will be worth it.
I try when I write reviews to give readers the positive and negatives of whatever I'm reviewing to make the review as helpful, accurate, and balanced as possible. Of this particular book, I can't think of any criticism of it at all. That says a lot.
No matter who you are: going to Mexico? THIS IS OUR BOOK!! February 5, 2007
S. Cordova
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Incredibly resourceful, respectful and fun, this book has everything the traveler will need.
Dont expect listings and rating of restaurants and hotels. thats for YOU to figure out, but if you want a friendly guide to walk you through all the bureocratic madness, possbile illnesses, and how to haggle for a hotel room, this is the right book.
Its really the best ive read in my recent research about traveling and living in Mexico.
I cant really describe it any further because you wont believe me that this book is that amazizng. WELL IT IS> SO BUY IT!
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